Newspaper-assembling machine.



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f w. E: WINES. i NEWSPAPER ASSEMBLING MAGHINB,

APPLIGATON FILED JUNE 1. 1:5052

EATENTED MAR. 5, 1907.

. WQE. WINES.

NEWSPAPER ASSENELING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 1. 1905.

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Y EATENTEE MEE. 5 19o'1. N W. E. WINES. NEWSPAPER ASSEMEEIEG MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE l. 1905.

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No. 845,837. PATENTE) MAR. 5, 19217. W. B. WINES.

NEWSPAITE|` VASSEMBLING MACHINE. APPLIQATION FILED JUNE *1, 1905.

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- OUTER J'EC 7'/ 00' Tron/VEN* Y elevation of a newspaper-assembling ma-UNITED STATES .PATENT ortica.

; WALTER EfwINEs; or MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA.:

e NEWSPAVPER-ASSEWIBLINGMACHINE Specification of Letters fatent.VApiiication filed June 1,1905. serial No'. 263,283. I

Iatented March 5, 1907.'

T a/ZZ whom t may concern:

A Be it known that L'WAL'IER E. WINES, of Minneapolis, Hennepin county,Minnesota, have invented certain new, and useful Improvemen'tsl inNewspaperfAssemblng Machnes, 'of which the following is a specification.l The object of my invention is to provide a -'machine wherein theseveral' parts or sections of a v Sunday or"holid'ay edition of anewspaperv can" be easily and quickly ass'e'mbiedor put together; andthe invention hereinv described' is 'designed .as av modification of@the ,outer-section opening meansy .15

shown and' described inA a certain pending happlication forLettersPatent of the United States filed by me May 2, 1905, Serial No.

' out in theclaims'.

'l`he invention consists generally in providing means for bending orvbuckling the lower folded edge, ofthe outer section ofthe news'- `paperupwardlyY to separate lthe sides of the` fold and allow thel nose of thespreader to i c pass between them. 25

In the accompanies drawings, femm "g part of this specification, `Figurel is 3, rem.

chine embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view on theline x of, Fig.

1f looking toward theleft-hand 4end of the machine' or in the directionof the arrow marked a.- Fig. 3 is a-detailview, partially in section, ofthe feedrolls vand the device for opening up the fold' at the lower edgeof the outer section. Fig. 4 is a sectional view on the line y y ofFig'. 3 looking inthe direction indicated by the arrow. Fig. 5 is ahorizontal sectional view through the feed-roll.

shafts and the spreader device, showing the outer section between .thefeed-rolls and a modified means. for openin its fold to Are-A ceive thelnose of the sprea er.- Fig. 6 is a detal'Viewy of Figj, showing in sideeleva tion the feed-rolls, the spreader device, and the striker in theact o f engaging the folded edge ofthe section.-

1n the drawing, 2 represents a suitable frame wherein the operatingmechanism of 'the assembling-machine is mounted. This machine, as fullydescribed in the application heretofore referred to, is rovided with aprimary and' secondary fee one for the outer section or. part of thepaper and the other for an inner section or art. These feedl deviceshave been' describe in detail in my application filed as stated above,and it yisnot necessary in this case to again refer to these parts ofthemachine specifically, and I will therefore simply designate them as theprimary and secondary feed devices. 3v represents a driving-shafthaving'a pulley 4 and a pinion 5, connected through a train of gears 6with the ear mechanism 7 at'the opposite end of t e machine from whichthe primary feed device is operated.

sections or parts so -fed are de ivered to a-series of tapes 8 andturned thereby from a horizontal to avertical position and delivered toa'stop-plate 9, with the folded edge of the sectionet the bottom, Apusher device 10 is operated through gears 11,' shafts 12, and beveledgears 13l from the drive-shaft 3. The funetionof this pusher device isto en'- gage one end of the newspaper-section andv feed it forward onedge to a point where it Will be engaged by the friction feed-wheels 14and 15, arranged vin pairs, one pair being mounted upona pivoted plate16 and moved toward and from the paper through a rod and eccentricconnection 17 with a lcam-shaft. VThe feed-wheels are driven throughcontact with the surfaces of feed-rolls 18 and 19, mounted on theshafts' 12 and 20 and geared to the driving-shaft 3. The mechanismheretofore described is. substantially the same as in my applicationabove referred to. The feedrolls differ from those shown and describedin my former application in having no neumatic or other devices arrangedin their surfaces for attracting and opening the sides-of the newspaperfold to allow it to receive the nose of the spreader. Feed-tapes 21 and422, .arranged in pairs, are operated through vertical vshafts 21',geared to the driving-shaft4 Near the feed-ro`lls and projecting abovethe level of the plate 9 is an antifriction-wheel 27, supported in abracket 25. This `wheel is adapted to' engage the folded lower edge ofthe newapapensection at its forward end and cause the same to bend 3 and4. lThe fold will be opened sufficiently .to receive the nose 30 of afixed spreader device-29, which is` arranged near the .feed-rolls, oneside of the section passingone 'side of the The outer newspaper part orsection is fed. from the hopper in the primar feed, and the ICO orbuckle upwardly, as plainly shown in Figs.

Lspreacler and the other side of the section on of the feed-rolls 18 toreceivethe tapes 2 1 and 22, as indicated in Fi s. and 6, and instead ofmounting thewhee 27 in a fixed support I may provide a bracket carryingsaid'z Wheel at its upper Yend and vertically movable in guides 26 andhaving an arm28, that travels in again-,groove 24, provided in theperiphery of a hu b 23, secured on the shaft 12.-

The movements of the parts willbe properly timed's'o' that the wheel 27,normally below i the level of' the plate-9, will be raised to ap'oin'tabove saidplate into the-path f the4 newspaper-section at.thefr'ight moment to; engage the lower edge-'ofthe section'and openthe'fold therein -xwhen the end of the lseetion passes out `frombetweenthe feed-rolls'. Af-

' -ter` leaving the spreader dvicethe newspaposltion with its v foldededge at the bottom,` of an antifriction-whe'el. arranged to engage,

per-section will pass betweenytlie'rolls 33 'and 3.4,' both having'arevolving movement and thelatter an. oscillating movementV through itsconnection with the bellcrank 35 andthe cam 35 on the camshaft 136.During. the time'the outer section of the newspa er, with' its foldopened-,is held betweenthero ls 33 andK 34 the inner-section will be feddown between the tapes 37 afnd 3:8 in' substantially thesame manner asdescribed in myV ending applica'- 4en the two sec'- tion abovereferredfto. tions havebeen assembled," they will pass down between ytherolls 3 3jand 3 4 tothe packing mechanism beneath.'

Y. -I claim as my vinvention--- f 1. The combination, with means forfeeding a folded newspaper part'OrseCtin in a vertical position with:the fold' 'at the bottom', of means for bending or bucklingA the foldupz ward toseparate' the sides thereof, substantially as described.

2. The combination, with means for feeding `a newspaper part or sectionin a vertical said f old "and spread or separate the. sides!- thereof,substantiallyas described.

3. -Th`e combination, with means for feed-y ing a foldednewspaper-section, of means arranged to engage saldfolded edge and-bendor buckle the same to se arat'e the sides of the fold, substantially asscribed. l

4. The combination, withmeans for feeding a foldednewspaper part orsection, of an antifriction-wheel arranged folded edge and separate thesides o t e fold,

' substantially as described.

o en a e said 5. The. combinatrqn-w1th means'for advancing afoldednewspa er part or section' on edge with its fold at t e b ottom,offeedwheels, feed-rolls arranged to receive the pa.- perfrom saidwheels, and a bending or bucklinmeans Qperatingne'ar said rolls to openVthe old in the aper. U '6. The combination, with'the feed-rolls, ofmeans arranged to engage the lower folded edge of anewspaper hpart orsection passing lbetween said rolls 'and separ'atethe sides thereof',substantially as described.

' 7.', lThe combination, with the feed-rolls, of4

means arranged to engage the lower folded edge o f a `newspaper -partorsection passing between said rolls andseparate 4the sides of the fold,and a spreader device having a nose adaptedv to pass betweenv saidsides," substantially as described. I

` `8. The .combination, with thei'feedrolls .and a spreader device,offered-tapes provided in connection'withv said rolls and spreader,and-means operating vbetween-said rolls and 'spre'aderdevice to engagethe folded edge of a newspaper partorsetion passing between said rollsand separat-e the sides of the fold, substantially as'described.

,9. The combination, with-the .feed-rolls, of means for advancing afolded-newspaper part or section in a vertical position with the fold atthebottom, a stop-'plate on which the sec- .tion is supported, anantifriction wheel mounted'to project above the level of said v ,plateand'engage said' lower folded4 edge of .the section and open the same,substantially as described. y

10. The combination-'with the feed-rolls.' Aof a stop-plate, meansforpushinga folded newspaper part or section into said rolls over saidplate, an antifriction-wheel mounted to.

reject above said plate and Contact withthe roo" ower folded edge of thepaper `to bend or buckle the same, and a spreader device having a noseto pass between the sides of the fo d when openedby said 'bucklingdevice,

Asubstantially as described.

I In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 24th day of May,1905.

i WALTER E. WINES.' Witnesses: j i

RICHARD PAUL, .0.1 MAQNAMARA..

